National teacher help

The army left Chang'an and went to Bingzhou. The whole palace was tense. The New Year's Eve was approaching, and the people had left nearly halfway. Lu Zhongming no longer lived at home and moved to the East Palace.After the army left, the mobilization of materials and the situation of the terrain were all dispatched in Chang'an.

The military situation was sent from Bingzhou to Chang'an, and then sent to the front line after making a decision from Chang'an. The delay was fatal. After discussing with Lu Zhongming, Wei Zheng decided to let Qin Qiong and Yu Chigong make decisions. When the situation was critical, he could decide to march on his own routes and battle plans.

But in this way, Li Yuanji, who is the leader of the army, is bound to be emptied. Lu Zhongming has always felt that it is not a good idea to let Yuan Ji lead the army, but Li Yuan also wants his son to learn, and Li Shimin cannot be without Li Shimin in the battle of Luoyang.

On the one hand, Lu Zhongming was advancing the military situation, and on the other was the Buddhist discussion meeting. Five days later, the news finally came.The vanguard army led by Yu Chigong has arrived in Bingzhou, and the military newspaper that returned mentioned that after Yanmen Pass, Dai County, where they met for the first time, was once again invaded by Turkic cavalry.

"The old house where you and I met in the past has been burned down." Lu Zhongming read the family letter and murmured: "The Turks mainly use guerrilla tactics. After looting a place, they disappeared. The people were displaced and slaughtered."

Wei Zheng put down his pen, and everyone in the East Palace fell silent. They listened to Lu Zhongming read Yu Chigong's family letter. The military situation was reported by Hou Junji. Walk.Traces of Turks were found outside a certain city.

However, when it falls into Yu Chigong's pen, what he sees with his eyes is even more shocking and more real, like a sharp knife piercing everyone's heart.

"...Turkic traces were discovered only because hundreds of corpses were abandoned on both sides of the road. They were all Turkic cavalry for a moment of fun, and the Han people were chased and shot to death by pigs and dogs..." Lu Zhongming said lightly: "May the souls of the dead rest in peace, Yuan Jiling We waited to help Jinyang, but Jinyang has not been attacked so far, Qin Qiong preferred to lead the army to track down the traces of the Turkic guerrilla cavalry, Shixin and Yuanji disagreed and quarreled."

Lu Zhongming glanced at Li Jiancheng, Li Jiancheng sighed, and said: "Yuan Ji is naturally proud, this time he was asked to fight this time, I wanted him to learn the art of leading troops from a few generals, or I will go to my father... "

"Your Majesty should have his own ideas." Wei Zhengzhi said: "Don't act too hastily, let alone exchange Yuan Ji back, who will go?"

Chang'an was in the midst of a waste of time. As a crown prince, Li Jiancheng couldn't get out of his family, and fighting wasn't his strong point. Li Shimin couldn't go either, but Lu Zhongming said, "In my opinion, it's better to withdraw Yuanji and let Qin Qiong be the commander-in-chief." , this battle might go well.”

"Since Yuan Ji's presence doesn't affect the situation of the battle, why bother to withdraw him?" Wei Zheng said bluntly.

Lu Zhongming said unceremoniously: "Yuan Ji is a prince, once the two sides quarrel, it will only delay the progress of the march."

Wei Zheng said again: "National Teacher, is there something you haven't thought about clearly?"

"Of course I think clearly." Lu Zhongming replied, "It's because you can't think clearly, Chang Shi."

Wei Zheng and Lu Zhongming looked at each other for a few breaths, Li Jiancheng couldn't help but have a headache, it's fine that the East Palace and the West Palace disagreed on the issue of merging states, but he didn't expect that even his own palace was also arguing, and he couldn't live in peace all the time.After Lu Zhongming came to the Tang Palace, everyone looked at his identity and gave him three points. Only Wei Zheng could contradict him. Lu Zhongming hadn't encountered such an argument for a long time, but he was not afraid of Wei Zheng.

Li Jiancheng hurriedly eased the atmosphere, saying: "National Teacher, Chang Shi, you two should calm down first."

Lu Zhongming took a deep breath, and was thinking about when, someone from outside came to inform him, saying: "Master Falang's disciples have come to pay homage to His Highness the Crown Prince."

Li Jiancheng said: "Let him go back, he is busy now and has no time..."

"Let him in." Lu Zhongming said.

"Let him in." Wei Zheng also said.

Li Jiancheng was a little surprised. The two staff officers who had been arguing for a long time just now agreed with each other again. What's going on?

Li Jiancheng said: "National teacher, Wei Changshi, the father has already issued a ban on Buddhism, and it is strictly forbidden for uncontrolled people to become monks. There is no need to say more. Why bother?"

Wei Zheng said mercilessly: "Your Highness, you don't understand this. Forbidden Buddha is just a decree. You want to implement it in the hearts of the people and make everyone convinced. How can you implement it with forceful means?"

Lu Zhongming also said: "Prince, if you can make a decree, you must be able to stand it. Since you are a king who has thought about it and implemented the new policy, you are not afraid of questioning. When people come to ask, you must have something to refute, so that he is convinced. .”

Li Jiancheng was very self-cultivated, and said with a smile: "If you have been taught, you will definitely remember it in your heart."

The gate of the imperial palace was far away from the East Palace, and the other party proposed to meet the prince instead of the emperor, obviously coming prepared, but Lu Zhongming did not expect that it was a young monk who came.

Seeing that the young monk was only about ten years old, he had delicate features, a wide forehead and wonderful eyes, obviously flashing with aura.Both Wei Zheng and Lu Zhongming were taken aback.Lu Zhongming immediately judged that the child in front of him was a mortal, although his bones were strange, and he thought it was fortunate that he didn't have a few more big bosses to play with.

Li Jiancheng said politely: "Where is the master's school?"

The little monk said neither humble nor overbearing: "The poor monk's name is Xuanzang, and he came to deliver a letter on behalf of Master Falang."

Lu Zhongming was startled and glanced at Wei Zheng. Wei Zheng got up to take the letter and handed it to Li Jiancheng.Lu Zhongming looked at Xuanzang, not knowing what to say, this is really the national teacher meeting the national teacher.

At present, Lu Zhongming is Li Yuan's national tutor, while Xuanzang in front of him is Tang Taizong's national tutor when Li Shimin ascended the throne as emperor decades later.

To a certain extent, Wei Zheng is also a big figure at the national teacher level. The meeting of the three of them here gave Lu Zhongming a strange feeling, as if it had become a certain historical moment.

After Li Jiancheng finished reading the letter, he handed it to Lu Zhongming first. Lu Zhongming took a look at it, and saw that it was eloquent, and it was all admonishment for Buddhism. At the end, he mentioned that Luoyang is now like hell. Came from Yangzhou, passed through Luoyang, and went to Chang'an to petition for all people, begging the Emperor of Tang to send troops to relieve the people in the pass.

After hearing Chang'an's decree banning Buddhism, Falang invited Tang Emperor Li Yuan to meet with him at Daci'en Temple on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Lu Zhongming read the letter and handed it to Wei Zheng. The corners of Wei Zheng's mouth twitched slightly. At least on the matter of expelling monks and controlling Buddhism, he and Lu Zhongming had the same position.

Wei Zhengdao: "Believe me, I will pass it on to His Majesty for you. Taoism is now the state religion. There is no need to hold this kind of dojo that tells about Buddhism."

Xuanzang said with a faint smile: "Since you have the Dao in your heart, why are you afraid to argue with my teacher?"

Lu Zhongming was not afraid of him, and said: "A practitioner of Taoism does nothing. He can argue or not, and his heart is clear. Why bother to talk?"

Xuanzang said again: "everything in the world is changed only by consciousness. All things flow, just like flowing water. First there is consciousness, and then there are appearances. Distinguishing the law is just to let everyone know the Tao and the Buddha. Only after knowing Heart. The national teacher does not need to worry."

"Who's worried?" Lu Zhongming said, dumbfounded, "Master Sanzang, you think too much, you should practice the magic spell first when you go back."

Xuanzang: "?"

Lu Zhongming secretly thought that the masters were coming, he knew that he would close the gate of the city to be a scoundrel, and not let them in, but the challenge had already been written in front of him, and the opponent was very sure that he would accept it, so he came to the door, talking about this matter , If you continue to evade, it is obvious that you have lost your momentum, and you can't lose your momentum when you lose someone, so you made up your mind and replied: "Then at noon on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, I will ask Master Falang for advice."

Xuanzang smiled slightly, clasped his hands together, and bowed to the three of them to leave.

In the afternoon, Lu Zhongming summoned Lu Bu with dragon scales, and wanted to tell him about the Buddhist appointment. There was a famine all over Lu Bu's side. Lu Zhongming was shocked when he saw it, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Lu Bu and Qilin stood in an alley, the entire alley was full of dying people, flies were buzzing, and the sky was dark.Lu Bu said indifferently: "Your Zhongfu is treating people, what's wrong with you?"

Lv Zhongming probed to look around, and Lv Bu casually pushed the light screen to shine into the alley. There was a whole row of hungry people sitting or lying on the ground, and there was a big pot boiling medicine in the distance, as if a plague was spreading. Snapping fingers, the light screen moved with him, and said as he walked: "The Buddhist temple across the street is giving out medicine soup. We came to Luoyang and wanted to fight, but the people in Luoyang were starving. Seeing that it was too sinful, we also put it aside." I set up a stall and see a doctor without charging money.”

Lu Zhongming suddenly realized that this was another level of fighting. The two sides used the people of Luoyang as the medium to try their best to cure diseases and save lives.

Lu Bu said again: "Is the leader here?"

"Father, you are already old, don't be cute... The leader has come, and the golden gourd is also given to me." Lu Zhongming couldn't bear to see the city full of starvation in the light screen, like a hell on earth, and asked: "I also In the past?"

Lu Bu waved his hands and said, "No, tell Li Yuan to hurry up and come to Luoyang to make Wang Shichong. The Buddha and the Medicine Buddha are all there, so it's hard for me to do anything."

Qilin said from a distance: "Lu Fengxian, help me hold this guy down!"

Lu Zhongming saw that his two fathers were a little tired, and he must have saved many people. It is not difficult to bring one person back to life, but it is difficult to save tens of thousands, tens of thousands of people. It's too much, and Xianli will always be exhausted, so he reminded: "Father, take it easy, don't tire yourself out."

"Hmm." Lu Bu asked, "What's the problem?"

"No." Lu Zhongming's words came to his lips, but he didn't intend to say any more, and changed his words: "I just missed you, ask about the situation."

"Celebrate the New Year by yourself." Lu Bu said again: "We will wait for you in Luoyang."

"Okay." Lu Zhongming smiled.

He turned off the light screen, thinking that the leader is probably still in Chang'an City at the moment, even if he goes out to play, he shouldn't be able to go very far, but how can he contact him and ask him to help?The leader is such a nonsense, no matter how many experts come from Buddhism, they are also scholars, and they can't explain it clearly when they meet soldiers. When the time comes, let the leader make trouble.

Lu Zhongming suddenly remembered something, excitedly rushed back to the room, grabbed the golden turtle, and said, "Ao Zu!"

Jin Ao was sleeping, opened his eyes and said, "What?"

Lu Zhongming said: "Can you find the leader? Please send me a message. Let him come to Daci'en Temple on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month."

Jin Ao said: "Okay, you let me go to the ground."

Lu Zhongming put Jin Ao on the ground, and when it summoned the leader of Tongtian, Jin Ao narrowed his eyes, and a brilliance radiated from his body.

Lu Zhongming's heart was pounding.

Jin Ao whispered: "Oh..."

Lu Zhongming: "!!!"

Jin Ao stretched out his four legs and slowly crawled towards the door.

Lu Zhongming: "..."

Lu Zhongming watched Jin Ao crawling towards the threshold, and began to use all four legs together. Standing on tiptoe, he climbed towards the threshold, but the threshold was too high to climb up, so he had to rest his head on the threshold, grasping his balance, and sideways He hooked his front foot, and half of the tortoise rolled over.

Lu Zhongming: "........."

"Ao Zu." Lu Zhongming said cautiously, "This... what are you doing?"

"Look for the leader." Jin Ao replied, "Didn't you ask me to look for it?"

Lu Zhongming: "..."

"Crawling?" Lu Zhongming asked again.

Jin Ao said: "Of course."

Lu Zhongming said frantically: "You don't know how to use some spells to make him sense and summon him?! Like me and my dad, just play casually with a monthly subscription of 50 yuan!"

Jin Ao struggled to climb up the threshold, and replied slowly: "I can only summon turtles, but he is not a turtle, how can I summon him?"

Lu Zhongming: "..."

Lu Zhongming burst into tears and said: "Ao Zu, don't make fun of me, you are a beast anyway, can't you stop teasing the younger generation?!"

"Oh?" Jin Ao replied: "If you want to use magic to summon him..."

Lu Zhongming vaguely felt something was wrong.

"...but you need to restore your real body, this will blow up the whole palace, are you sure?" Jin Ao said.

Lu Zhongming went completely crazy.

A few days later, Lu Zhongming had been waiting for the leader, but the news could not be passed on. Jin Ao was sleeping all the time, occasionally brushing its shell with a brush, taking a bath, and when the time came, put a small plate in it. For food, just treat it like raising a turtle.

Jin Ao was not picky at all, he crawled over to eat it slowly during meal time, and then put his head on the plate to sleep after eating, Lu Zhongming simply didn't know what to do with it, he just wanted to light three sticks of incense for it Confess and worship, maybe you can win when you discuss the law.

This is called every day should not be done, and the ground is not working, so he had to rely on himself again. Lu Zhongming only felt that his life was extremely sad. When he didn't bring a magic weapon, everyone would beat him. Now that he has a magic weapon, everyone They started bickering again.

Just as he was about to turn the pages of the book, when he was in a hurry to hug Buddha's feet, Yu Chigong's family letters flew in endlessly, almost burying Lu Zhongming.The battle in Bingzhou was urgent, and the situation became more and more serious. Luo Shixin and Qin Qiong encountered the Turkic army at the foot of Luliang Mountain. The two sides fought a battle, and the Turks withdrew from the mountain. When Qin Qiong was chasing him, Li Yuanji fell from his horse and was taken away by the Turkic people.

At this moment, the whole Chang'an panicked, and Li Yuan came to Lu Zhongming himself that night and asked him to try to rescue his son.Lu Zhongming knew what Li Yuan meant—how else could he rescue him?Immediately riding a dragon, performing fairy arts, the celestial girl scattered flowers to save her.

However, before Li Yuanji died, Lu Zhongming knew in his heart that being captured would be safe and sound. After planning the whole night, he said to Li Yuan, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, Yuan Ji will return safe and sound."

Bingzhou Zhanbao was so fast, and after all, it was a full day behind Chang'an. Xinbao urged the horse to vomit blood after thousands of miles. Li Yuanji.

Li Yuan almost had a heart attack from fright, and said repeatedly: "Thank you, National Teacher, thank you, National Teacher... Then I left with lingering fear."

After this battle, Yu Chigong’s letter stated that Li Yuanji was overly frightened and humiliated by the Turks. The soldiers of Qin and Luo lost nearly [-]% of their soldiers. Ask to return to Jinyang, and stick to it to wait for an opportunity to negotiate.

"General Luo and General Qin refused to follow orders." Wei Zheng said, "What should we do now?"

"What did your Majesty say?" Lu Zhongming said.

"The Turkic messenger is here today." Li Jiancheng hurried back to the East Palace and said, "What should I do if I want my father to be a minister and accept the title?"

"Who knows?" Wei Zheng asked.

Li Jiancheng's eyes were full of anxiety, and he said: "Last night, he was worried about Yuan Ji, and he didn't sleep all night. He had a headache and was trying to catch up on sleep."

Lu Zhongming said decisively: "Let him pretend to be sick, and the courier will hold him back, and order Qin Qiong to return to Jinyang. In fact, he bypassed the Yellow River and attacked the Turkic rear. Yu Chigong and Luo Shixin went north to meet the Turks."

Wei Zhenglue pondered for a while, and Lu Zhongming said again: "The Turkic messenger didn't know that Li Yuanji had been rescued by Luo Shixin, so he was detained immediately and said that His Majesty was ill, hurry up!"

Wei Zheng knew immediately, and said, "Let General Luo fight with General Yuchi?"

"Yes." Lu Zhongming said: "This is the only chance to retreat the Turkic army. The rest is up to them. After defeating the Turkic army, they cannot pursue and stop the negotiation."

Li Jiancheng said: "But... the national teacher, that place is the Yellow River."

Lu Zhongming raised his eyebrows and said, "I will freeze the Yellow River with magic."

Li Jiancheng: "..."

Wei Zheng: "..."

"But only one day." Lu Zhongming said: "On the eighth day of the first lunar month, at Yin time at night, when the river freezes, they need to cross the river immediately."

A military order was sent from Chang'an to Bingzhou, and the army was camping at Fenglingdu.Legend has it that Fenglingdu is the place where Queen Feng died in the battle for the deer.The wind is howling, all year round, the sky is cold, and the snow is white.The Yellow River comes from the mouth of the Hukou, roars and rushes across the side of Tongguan, and gallops into the land of Qin and Jin Dynasties.

Yu Chigong was sitting on the bank, holding a stick of charcoal, with a piece of paper on his knees to write letters from home, writing incessantly.

The golden scale lit up, but Yu Chigong ignored it, but the light became more and more intense in the dusk, Yu Chigong wrote for a while, pondered for a while, finally took out the golden scale, and transformed into Lu Zhongming's face.

Lu Zhongming said with a bored face: "I found that you don't answer calls now, why did you go?"

Yuchi smiled and said: "I want to write a letter, but I don't want to meet, so I can think about you carefully."

Lu Zhongming was silent, staring at Yu Chigong, Yu Chigong put down the charcoal, hugged one knee, and sat like this, the two looked at each other quietly, each read the miss for each other from the other's eyes.There was a smile in Yu Chigong's eyes, as if his love for Lu Zhongming was about to come out.

And Lu Zhongming's eyes were more or less melancholy and unwilling.

"I..." Lu Zhongming thought for a while and said, "By the way, there is something urgent."

Lu Zhongming explained the plan once, Yu Chigong frowned and said, "Can you hold it?"

Lu Zhongming said: "Yes, it is winter, the weather is very cold, and the night is the coldest time, and the military order will come soon. As long as the Yellow River freezes, we must hurry up and cross the river."

Yuchi Gong said: "How is the matter of Buddhism?"

Lu Zhongming talked about the discussion on the law on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and Yuchi respectfully said: "If we can win this battle, I will come back immediately to help you."

"How can you help me?" Lu Zhongming said casually, "Hurry up and fight."

Yuchi Gong laughed, looked at Lu Zhongming, Lu Zhongming said again: "Are you full? What are you going to do later?"

Yuchi Gong said: "Let's retreat, rest and prepare your strength, I will continue to miss you later."

Lu Zhongming wanted to withdraw his spiritual power, but he wanted to look at Yu Chigong a few more times. Yu Chigong looked at him and said, "I missed you so much last night."

Lu Zhongming: "..."

As soon as Lu Zhongming withdrew the technique of water mirror, his heart was pounding. "Exploded" was what Yu Chigong used to tease him. Ever since that night in Wagang, Yuchigong always liked to say that he couldn't hold back so he exploded. Then look at Lu Zhongming's flushed face.

Lu Zhongming collected his mind, took a deep breath, lay down and fell asleep, his heart was full of Yu Chigong's figure, he didn't know how he was doing by the Yellow River, it must be very cold.When he went out that day, he didn't prepare any clothes for him to keep out the cold.From the beginning of the two of them to the present, it seems that Lu Zhongming has never taken care of him, but Yu Chigong is taking care of himself.

He was wrapped in a quilt, the fire was shining red all over the ground, and he gradually fell asleep in his thoughts.Sometimes he wanted to get angry with Yuchi Gong and leave after finishing his work, making him angry with him for the rest of his life.If he left by himself, would Yu Chigong still find someone he likes and live the rest of his life?

Probably not, he seemed to see Yu Chigong living alone, waiting for him to come back.

He knew that Yu Chigong liked him, but he was always a little bit unwilling. Since the two met, except for the moment when he didn't fall in love with him, he was the one who took the initiative for the rest of the time.However, before I knew it, I began to rely on him gradually.

This is something Lu Zhongming never thought about—even when Zhong’s father Qilin came to the world, he never relied on ordinary people. When Qilin and Lu Bu were together, Lu Bu always obeyed Qilin’s words. He still remembered that Lu Bu said to himself, In my life, I met Qilin, so he took care of me.

Why is Lu Zhongming so dependent on a mortal?

There was a first-quarter moon in the night sky, Yu Chigong carefully tidied up the dragon scales, sat on the rock in a daze, Qin Qiong came over and said: "It's all arranged."

Yuchi Gong nodded and said, "Rest early."

Qin Qiong groaned, but did not leave, sat down beside Yu Chigong, and watched the raging Yellow River with him.

"What did Zhongming say?" Qin Qiong suddenly asked, "Can we win?"

"He said we can't win, so let's stop fighting?" Yuchi Gong smiled.

Qin Qiong said with a smile: "If you say you can't win, naturally you won't fight. Go home and sleep."

Yuchi Gong stretched his waist, and said casually: "Do you believe in fate?"

"I don't believe it." Qin Qiong said casually, "But I believe him."

In the cold wind, a voice came from behind, casually said: "It's been a long time, how are you two?"

Yu Chigong and Qin Qiong shuddered at the same time, and turned their heads.

A Taoist stood on the rock, dressed in a sloppy white robe, Tai Chi was embroidered on the sleeves and the front of the robe, his face looked like a young man in his twenties, his hair was fine and shattered, just like the leader of the Tongtian sect, with short hair, his face Delicate, with a tired face, standing barefoot on a stone.

As soon as Yu Chigong saw the short-haired man, he knew that he was from the Immortal Family and had a very high status, but the young man looked Yu Chigong up and down, with a tired smile in his eyes.

Yu Chigong was very surprised, and said with a smile: "Mr. Shi!"

Qin Qiong was taken aback, and asked, "Are you..."

"You have all grown up." Mr. Shi sat down on the rock, hugged his knees, looked at Yu Chigong, and gestured: "The first time I saw you, you were only this tall, lying on the straw pile, and Shubao still Chopping firewood on the mountain, remember?"